Accounting Tax

Joshua Kokhavim

516-***-**** ** Farmers Rd, Great Neck, NY 11024 ****.********@*****.***

EDUCATION

Queens College of the City University of New York

Bachelor of Arts in Accounting Received May 2020

SUNY Old Westbury

Master of Science in Taxation Expected May 2021

Cumulative GPA: 3.7

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BDO USA, LLP, New York, NY

Financial Services Tax Intern December 2019 – Present

• Prepare tax returns for Partnerships (1065), Corporations (1120), Individuals (1040), and Estates and Trusts

(1041) on GoSystem Tax RS

• Tasked with using an entity’s trial balance to create a Tax Workpaper for a corporate entity using Dataflow

• Experience with preparing international forms such as Form 5471, Form 5472, and Form 8865

• Proficient in filing extensions from the federal and state level for various entities

• Accurately prepared IT-204-LL for Disregarded Entities

• Calculate Tax Basis for partners within an entity

• Work directly with a variety of clients from the Financial Services Sector including hedge funds and private equity firms

Lazard, New York, NY

Tax Intern June 2020 – July 2020

• Prepared Partnership (1065) and Corporate (1120) tax returns for the subsidiary entities using OneSource Income Tax

• Accountable for producing the K-1s for the partners of the firm

• Tasked with working on Tax Workpapers for Form 5472, Form 5471, and Form 8858

• Experience with preparing tax provisions using OneSource Tax Provision

• Prepared form 1120-W Tax Estimates for Corporate entities American Friends of Magen David Adom, New York, NY Accounting/Finance Associate June 2018 – November 2019

• Accountable for reconciling the accounts payable account every month to maintain internal control as well as to ensure no financial errors were made

• Tasked with completing weekly journal entries using Netsuite

• Filled in for Accounts Payable when no one was available by entering invoices and worked with vendor’s accounts receivable to clean up the accounts we had with them

• Well versed in non-profit accounting practices by dealing with unrestricted funds, restricted funds, and pledges

• Proficient in entering batches of donations into Raiser’s Edge in a timely matter with no error to aid the gift processing team

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Computer: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, GoSystem Tax RS, Dataflow, Raiser’s Edge, and Netsuite Accounting Experience: Tax Preparation, Non-Profit Accounting, Journal Entries, and Bank Reconciliations Languages: Spanish (Conversational), Farsi (Conversational)

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